Isaac Morley

Isaac Morley (11 March 1786-24 June 1865) was First Counselor to the Bishop of the LDS Church from 3 June 1831 to 27 May 1840.

Biography
Isaac Morley was born in Montague, Massachusetts in 1786, and he settled in the town of Kirtland in the wilderness of northern Ohio, where he created a productive farm. Morley converted to the LDS Church in November 1830, and he was ordained an elder shortly after his baptism. On 3 June 1831, he became First Counselor to Edward Partridge, the Bishop of the Church, and he was forced to sell his farm and travel to Missouri as a missionary. In 1836, he helped establish the city of Far West, Missouri, and he was ordained as its Patriarch. In 1838, he was jailed for three weeks during a crackdown against the Mormons of Missouri by the state government. From 1849 to 1854, he led the Sanpete Mormon Colony, and he also became a member of the Council of Fifty. Morley died in Fairview, Sanpete County, Utah in 1865.